CONTRACT OF
SALE
This Contract
is entered into by and between VIRGIL M. CASEY, TRUSTEE OF
THE CASEY FAMILY TRUST DATED JUNE 3, 1992 ("Seller"), and
SILVERLEAF RESORTS, INC. ("Purchaser").
WITNESSETH
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FOR AND IN
CONSIDERATION of the promises, undertakings, and mutual covenants
of the parties herein set forth, Seller hereby agrees to sell and
Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase and pay for all that certain
property hereinafter described in accordance with the following
terms and conditions:
ARTICLE
I
PROPERTY
The conveyance
by Seller to Purchaser shall include that certain tract or parcel
of land situated in Taney County, Missouri, said tract containing
approximately 80.713 acres and being more particularly described in
Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof for all
purposes, together with all and singular the rights and
appurtenances pertaining to such property including any right,
title and interest of Seller in and to adjacent strips or gores,
streets, alleys or rights-of-way, all rights of ingress and egress
thereto, and all improvements and fixtures located on said property
(the foregoing property is herein referred to collectively as the
"Subject Property").
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE
PRICE
The purchase
price to be paid by Purchaser to Seller for the Subject Property
shall be the sum of Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($950,000.00). The purchase price shall be payable in the following
manner:
A.
$230,000.00 of the total purchase
price shall be payable in cash at the closing, less
any earnest money deposits retained
by Seller;
B. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid
by Purchaser’s execution and delivery at the closing of a promissory note
(the “Note”) payable to Seller in the original
principal amount of $720,000.00. The Note shall provide and be
secured as follows:
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The Note shall
bear interest from date of execution at the rate of six (6%)
percent per annum;
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The Note shall
be payable over a period of four (4) years in four successive
annual installments, the first of such installments to be due and
payable on the first (1 st ) anniversary of the date of
execution of the Note, and a like installment to be due and payable
on each anniversary of the date of execution of the Note thereafter
until the Note is paid in full; the first three (3) of such
installments shall be in the amount of $180,000.00 of principal
plus all then accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding
principal balance of the Note; the fourth (4 th ) and
final installment shall be in the amount of the then remaining
unpaid principal balance of the Note plus all then accrued but
unpaid interest thereon;
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The Note shall
provide that it may be prepaid at any time, in whole or in part,
without premium or penalty; any partial prepayment shall be applied
to the principal due on the Note;
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The Note shall
further provide that the execution thereof shall impose upon
Purchaser no personal liability whatsoever for payment of the
indebtedness evidenced thereby, or any sum owed under the Deed of
Trust (as defined hereinbelow) which will secure payment of the
Note and the Seller shall seek no personal judgment against
Purchaser for the payment of the debt evidenced by the Note or any
deficiency arising from a foreclosure sale under the Deed of Trust,
it being understood and agreed that the sole recourse of Seller for
collection of the Note shall be against the Subject Property
described in the Deed of Trust;
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The Deed of
Trust shall contain a covenant and prohibition on the part of the
Purchaser against disturbing and/or removing any timber, dirt,
gravel, or rock from the Subject Property until the same is
released from the Deed of Trust.
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The Note shall
be secured by a first Deed of Trust (the “Deed of
Trust”) to be executed in Seller’s favor at the
closing; both the Note and the Deed of Trust shall provide that,
upon the occurrence of a default thereunder, Seller must provide
Purchaser with written notice thereof, and permit Purchaser to have
ten (10) days from the date of the notice within which to cure the
default before exercising any of Seller’s remedies
thereunder;
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The Deed of
Trust shall provide that Purchaser may from time to time obtain
partial releases of the Subject Property from the lien created
therein upon payment of a partial release price as
follows:
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(a) The West ½ of the SW ¼ of the SW
¼ of Section 2 and the West ½ of the NW ¼ of the NW
¼ of Section 11 lying North of the Hollister-Kirbyville Road
shall be released upon payment of the first annual principal and
interest payment set out in said Note; and
(b) The East ½ of the SW ¼ of the SW
¼ of Section 2 and the East ½ of the NW ¼ of the NW
¼ of Section 11 lying North of the Hollister-Kirbyville Road
shall be released upon payment of the second annual principal and
interest payment set out in said Note; and
(c) The West ½ of the SE ¼ of the SW
¼ of Section 2 shall be released upon payment of the third
annual principal and interest payment as set out in said
Note.
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The partial
releases shall be made by Seller in the order and sequence as set
out in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above with the remainder of the
Subject Property being released when the Note is paid in
full.
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The Deed of
Trust shall name Clay Cantwell as the Trustee and the holder of the
Deed of Trust shall retain the power to remove the Trustee and name
a successor Trustee at any time and from time to time pursuant to
the Deed of Trust.
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Both the Note
and the Deed of Trust shall otherwise be in form and substance
satisfactory to counsel for Seller and Purchaser.
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ARTICLE
III
EARNEST
MONEY
Within two (2)
business days after final execution of this Contract by all parties
hereto, Purchaser shall deliver to Tri-Lakes Title Co., Inc. (the
"Escrow Agent" or the "Title Company"), whose address is P.O. Box
J, Branson, Missouri 65616, a check payable to the order of the
Title Company in trust in the amount of Fifty Thousand and No/100
Dollars ($50,000.00) ("Earnest Money"). All Earnest Money shall be
held and delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof. Escrow
Agent shall immediately present for payment the check deposited by
Purchaser and deposit same into an interest bearing Trust Account.
All interest accruing upon the Earnest Money shall be held for the
benefit of Purchaser so long as Purchaser is not in default under
the terms of this Contract. If Purchaser defaults under the terms
of this Contract, all interest accruing on the Earnest Money shall
accrue to the benefit of Seller.
In the event
that this Contract is closed, then all Earnest Money shall be
applied in partial satisfaction of the purchase price hereunder. In
the event that this Contract does not close, then the Earnest Money
shall be disbursed in the manner provided for elsewhere herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained
elsewhere in this Contract, it is understood and agreed that Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) of the Earnest Money shall in all
events be delivered to Seller as valuable consideration for the
inspection period described in Article VI hereinbelow and the
execution of this Contract by Seller.
ARTICLE
IV
PRE-CLOSING OBLIGATIONS
OF SELLER
Within ten (10)
days after the Purchaser’s deposit of its Earnest Money
hereunder, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to
Purchaser a copy of the survey dated October 31, 2000, prepared by
Rozell Survey Company of Branson, Missouri (“the
“Survey”). Within twenty (20) days from the date of
execution of this Contract, Purchaser, at Purchaser’s sole
cost and expense, shall obtain and deliver to Seller copies of the
following (collectively, the "Due Diligence Items"):
a. An updated or recertified Survey of the Subject
Property which Survey shall be dated subsequent to the date of
execution of this Contract and which Survey shall: (a) include a
metes and bounds legal description of the Subject Property; (b)
accurately show all improvements, encroachments and uses and
accurately show all easements and encumbrances visible or listed on
the Title Commitment (identifying each by recording reference if
applicable); (c) recite the exact number of square feet included
within the Subject Property and within each building, if any,
located on the Subject Property; (d) state whether the Subject
Property (or any portion thereof) lies within a flood zone or flood
prone area; (e) contain a certificate verifying that the Survey was
made on the ground, that the Survey is correct, that there are no
improvements, encroachments, easements, uses or encumbrances except
as shown on the survey plat, that the area represented for the
Subject Property has been certified by the surveyor as being
correct and that the Subject Property does not lie within any flood
zone or flood prone area, except as indicated thereon, that the
Subject Property has access to public streets as indicated thereon,
and otherwise be in the form of Exhibit "B" attached hereto
and made a part hereof; and (f) otherwise be in form sufficient for
the amendment of the boundary exception by the Title Company.
Unless otherwise agreed by Seller and Purchaser, the metes and
bounds description contained in the Survey shall be the legal
description employed in the documents of conveyance of the Subject
Property;
b. A current commitment (the "Title Commitment")
for the issuance of an owner's policy of title insurance to the
Purchaser from the Title Company, together with good and legible
copies of all documents constituting exceptions to Seller's title
as reflected in the Title Commitment.
ARTICLE
V
TITLE INSPECTION
PERIOD
Purchaser shall
have a period of sixty (60) days following the date of execution of
this Contract within which to review and approve the information to
be obtained by Purchaser pursuant to subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
Article IV (the "Title Review Period"). If the information to be
obtained pursuant to subparagraphs (a) and (b) of Article IV
reflects or discloses any defect, exception or other matter
affecting the Subject Property ("Title Defects") that is
unacceptable to Purchaser, then prior to the expiration of the
Title Review Period Purchaser shall provide Seller with written
notice of Purchaser's objections. Seller may, at his sole option,
elect to cure or remove the objections raised by Purchaser;
provided, however, that Seller shall have no obligation to do so.
Should Seller elect to attempt to cure or remove the objections,
Seller shall have ten (10) days from the date of Purchaser's
written notice of objections (the "Cure Period") in which to
accomplish the cure. In the event Seller either elects not to cure
or remove the objections or is unable to accomplish the cure prior
to the expiration of the Cure Period, then Seller shall so notify
Purchaser in writing specifying which objections Seller does not
intend to cure, and then Purchaser shall be entitled, as
Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedies, either to terminate this
Agreement by providing written notice of termination to Seller
within ten (10) days from the date on which Purchaser receives
Seller's no-cure notice or waive the objections and close this
transaction as otherwise contemplated herein. If Purchaser shall
fail to notify Seller in writing of any objections to the state of
Seller's title to the Subject Property as shown by the Survey and
Title Commitment, then Purchaser shall be deemed to have no
objections to the state of Seller's title to the Subject Property
as shown by the Survey and Title Commitment, and any exceptions to
Seller's title which have not been objected to by Purchaser and
which are shown on the Survey or described in the Title Commitment
shall be considered to be "Permitted Exceptions." The provisions
hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, that certain power line
easement in favor of Empire District Electric Company recorded in
Book 248, Page 1681, Taney County Deed Records, and that
certain Sanitary Sewer Easement in favor of Taney County Regional
Sewer District recorded in Book 343, Page(s) 3252-3253, Taney
County Deed Records are hereby deemed to be Permitted
Exceptions.
ARTICLE
VI
INSPECTION
PERIOD
Purchaser, at
Purchaser's sole expense, shall have the right to conduct a
feasibility, environmental, engineering and physical study of the
Subject Property for a period of time commencing on the date of
execution of this Contract and expiring sixty (60) days thereafter
(the "Inspection Period"). Purchaser and Purchaser's duly
authorized agents or representatives shall be permitted to enter
upon the Subject Property at all reasonable times during the
Inspection Period in order to conduct engineering studies, soil
tests and any other inspections and/or tests that Purchaser may
deem necessary or advisable. Purchaser further agrees to indemnify
and hold Seller harmless from any claims or damages, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from Purchaser's inspection
of the Subject Property. In the event that the review and/or
inspection conducted by this paragraph shows any fact, matter or
condition to exist with respect to the Subject Property that is
unacceptable to Purchaser, in Purchaser's sole discretion, or if
for any reason Purchaser determines that purchase of the Subject
Property is not feasible, then Purchaser shall be entitled, as
Purchaser's sole remedy, to cancel this Contract by providing
written notice of cancellation to Seller prior to the expiration of
the Inspection Period. If Purchaser shall provide written notice of
cancell
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